6 And now do come, please; do curse+ this people for me, for they are mightier than I am. Perhaps I may be able to strike them and I may drive them out of the land; for I well know that the one whom you bless is a blessed one and the one whom you curse is cursed.”+

9 Then Baʹlak the son of Zipʹpor,+ the king of Moʹab, got up and went fighting against Israel.+ So he sent and summoned Baʹlaam the son of Beʹor to call down evil upon YOU.+

2 for they had not met the sons of Israel with bread+ and with water,+ but went hiring against them Baʹlaam+ to call down evil upon them.+ However, our God changed the malediction into a benediction.+